Woods wins Match Play event with ease

MARANA, Ariz. (AP) — Tiger Woods still rules the world of golf, perhaps now more than ever.

MARANA, Ariz. (AP) — Tiger Woods still rules the world of golf, perhaps now more than ever.

With a record-breaking victory Sunday in the Accenture Match Play Championship, Woods won his fifth straight tournament and captured his 15th World Golf Championship, holding all three world titles for the first time.

Stewart Cink found that out at Dove Mountain, where Woods overwhelmed him with 14 birdies in 29 holes for an 8-and-7 victory, the largest margin in the final in the 10-year history of this tournament.

Cink was only the latest victim in a winning streak that dates to the first week of September. Woods has won four straight times on the PGA Tour, the third time he has built a streak at least that long. He has set the tournament record for margin of victory in his last three wins. And it was his fifth straight victory worldwide, including his stunning comeback in Dubai three weeks ago.

The world's No. 1 player began this season talking about the Grand Slam. The first stop was a Triple Crown of the WGCs, completing a sweep that included an 8-shot victory in the Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone and a two-shot victory in the CA Championship at Doral.

Woods has won 63 times on the PGA Tour, moving past Arnold Palmer into fourth place on the career list, one victory behind Ben Hogan, and each year getting closer to the record 82 tournaments won by Sam Snead.

Woods, who earned $1.35 million, is a staggering 15-of-26 in official WGC events, three of those in the Match Play Championship. Darren Clarke (Match Play, Bridgestone) is the only other player with multiple WGC victories.

Henrik Stenson beat Justin Leonard 3 and 2 in consolation match.

PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Brian Gay won the Mayakoba Golf Classic for his first PGA Tour title, shooting a 1-under 69 for a two-stroke victory.

Gay, making his 293rd career start, came into the final round with a five-stroke lead and was hardly threatened. Runner-up Steve Marino (66) got within four strokes with four holes to play, but Gay made a long putt to save par on No. 16 to essentially seal the title and $630,000 check.

Gay at 16-under 264, one stroke better than Fred Funk had in winning the inaugural south-of-the-border event last year.

Nicklaus and Watson won eight skins and a record $270,000 in the first nine holes Saturday, but were shut out Sunday. Gary Player and Loren Roberts finished third with $180,000 and Arnold Palmer and Jay Haas were shut out.

After Zoeller-Jacobsen and Nicklaus-Watson halved the final in regulation, Zoeller tapped in for par on the first extra hole to take the final $100,000.

Moonah Classic

FINGAL, Australia (AP) — Australia's Ewan Porter won for the first time in Nationwide and Australasian tour play, closing with a 6-under 66 for a seven-stroke victory in the Moonah Classic.

The 25-year-old Porter, a stroke ahead of Australian countryman Terry Price and Wayne Perske at the start of play Sunday, had a 13-under 275 total on the Peter Thomson-designed Moonah Links Resort course. He opened with rounds of 67, 71 and 71.